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- 2 speakers compete at national tourney - Sharon Herald
Two Mercer High School speech team members competed last week at the 2008 National Forensic League National Tournament. The weeklong event, “Desert Lights Nationals,†was held June 13 through 18 in Las Vegas. More than 3,300 contestants and 1,800 ...
- Music Review: Yusa - Haiku - Blogcritics.org
Music Review: Yusa - HaikuBlogcritics.org, OH - 4 hours agoIn the liner notes of the disc, Yusa quotes Mexican poet Octavia Paz's definition of a haiku as "a poetic experience re-created as lived poetry". ...
- The Future Is NOW - Downtown LA Scene
The Future Is NOWDowntown LA Scene, CA - 7 hours agoKearney said Sucktion parallels the development of his performance poetry. With letters indicating sounds and words configured in artistic ways, ...
- Coin to honor Wergeland - Aftenposten
Coin to honor WergelandAftenposten, Norway - 1 hour agoHenrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, who wrote poetry, plays, and was a pioneer in the development of Norwegian literary history. ...
- Scopes Trial story retold in poetry form - Baton Rouge Advocate
The nation’s attention was focused on a tiny town in the hills of Tennessee 83 years ago this summer. There, in the hamlet of Dayton, the forces of science and religion met in a mighty confrontation that became know as the Scopes Monkey Trial. Or ...
- Alzheimer's diagnosis leads to crusade - IdahoStatesman.com
Alzheimer's diagnosis leads to crusadeIdahoStatesman.com, ID - 2 hours agoCindy Jacklich, who has always enjoyed poetry and making silly rhymes, put her feelings about being diagnosed with Alzheimer's on paper. ...
- Tragic poetic lament for lost tortoise - audio - Lewes Today
A BELOVED lost tortoise has inspired her distraught owner to write poetry pleading for her return. Washington woman Trisha Cook has turned to verse as her solace after losing life-long reptilian friend Henrietta - who lived with her for 33 years ...
- Nothing to do this weekend? Wrong! - McAllen Monitor
Thirsty Monkey offers $5 you-call-it martinis from 4 p.m. to close on Thursdays. We recommend the cucumber martini. They also have live music from local rockers Cadiwagon later in the night. The martini usually costs about $10, and it's pretty ...
- Carl Nielsen: Complete Piano Music - Musical Criticism
Musical CriticismCarl Nielsen: Complete Piano MusicMusical Criticism, UK - 5 hours agoRoscoe as can be expected excels in the contrasts and very playfully draws out the music's poetry of conflict. The finale, which is like the other movements ...
- Children's Author to sign Jewish Holiday Book - YourHub.com
Children's Author to sign Jewish Holiday BookYourHub.com, CO - 53 minutes agoNancy was named March 2008 Poet of the Month by Poetica Magazine, a literary magazine dedicated to bringing Jewish poetry to the public.
- Pierce Brosnan's Springsteen ambition - Boston Globe
Pierce Brosnan wants to star in a musical about Bruce Springsteen. The 55-year-old actor - who debuts his vocal talents in the ABBA-inspired musical 'Mamma Mia!' - has got the taste for singing on screen, and is keen to take on the challenge of ...
- Literary Life - Daily Telegraph
Technophobes may consider the internet a nuisance or even a threat but Faber Finds might just change their minds. The new imprint is a print-on-demand service comprising 'A constantly updated and expanding list chosen by writers and readers' which ...
- CDs out today (Denver Post)
John Mellencamp, "Life Death Love and Freedom" (Hear Music) Chevy ad soundtrack "Our Country" soured Mellencamp's otherwise impeccable folk-rock credentials a couple of years ago, but his new album returns him to the gritty, spare ruminations for which he's known.
- Maya Angelou captivates Cleveland audience - Cleveland Plain Dealer
In an age besotted with vacuous adolescent celebrity, 80-year-old Maya Angelou held a packed audience rapt at the Allen Theater in downtown Cleveland Monday night with nothing more than her voice. Frail knees kept her off her feet for much of her 75 ...
- Redemption of an Artist - Egypt Today
T he word “auteur†barely begins to describe Ahmed Atef, a gifted writer-director of acclaimed documentaries, shorts and feature films. His passion for the cinema has taken him to film festivals throughout the world and has driven him to take on ...
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